Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Franklin Town Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25021442203 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,816
In Franklin Town, census tract 25021442203 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,099 monthly, set against $100,735 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,733
Renter share41.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$100,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Franklin Town and the region
Centroid at 42.0688, -71.3767 · click any tract to drill in
Why Franklin Town scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Franklin Town
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,099 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Franklin Town
5.0
How Franklin Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklin Town
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Franklin Town eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021442203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021442203?
Census tract 25021442203 in Franklin Town scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25021442203?
Median gross rent is $2,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021442203?
9.0% of residents in tract 25021442203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,816.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021442203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 65th, minority 18th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021442203 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021442203 compare to Franklin Town overall?
Tract 25021442203 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Franklin Town at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Franklin Town eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Franklin Town
Top eight tracts in Franklin Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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